Kristi Noem is denying reports that claim her policies held up the government’s emergency response in the days following the July 4 Texas floods.

It’s discouraging that during this time when we have such a loss of life, and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this,” Noem told NBC's Kristen Welker.

A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.

Texas was hammered with heavy rain again Sunday, just nine days after catastrophic flash floods left more than 120 people dead in one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history. “Life-threatening flash flooding” struck Kerr and Gillespie Counties on Sunday,